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China under Pressure

By Ashley Zimmerman

  • Qing Emperor agrees to receive an ambassador from England

    The emperor wasn't interested in the "strange objects" and gadgets the west had.
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    China's events

  • European merchants smuggled non-medical opium into China

    12 million Chinese people were addicted to the drug opium.

  • The Opium War

    China's outdated ships were no match for Britain's steam-powered gunboats.

  • the Treaty of Nanjing

    After a humiliating defeat, China signed a peace treaty, giving Britain the island of Hong Kong.

  • Yet another Treaty

    The U.S. and other foreign citizens also gained extraterritorial rights.

  • The Chinese population grew to 430 million!

    As a result, hunger was widespread.

  • Taiping Rebellion

    Peasants joined rebel forces led by Hong and captured the city of Nanjing, declaring it his capital.